"Products and Services: from R&D to Final Solutions" ed. by Igor Fürstner

This book is a result of widespread research and development activity from many researchers worldwide, covering the aspects of development activities in general, as well as various aspects of the practical application of knowledge

Today's global economy offers more opportunities, but is also more complex and competitive than ever before. This fact leads to a wide range of research activity in different fields of interest, especially in the so-called high-tech sectors.

Contents
Preface
1 Large Scale Distributed Knowledgelnfrastructures
2 Law of Success or Failure in the High Tech Driven Market - "Revenge of Success" in the Biotech, Nanotech, and ICT Industry
3 Proactive Crisis Management in Global Manufacturing Operations
4 Signals for Emerging Technologies in Paper and Packaging Industry
5 Simulation Modelling of Manufacturing Business Systems
6 Project-Driven Concurrent Product and Processes Development
7 Forecasting of Production Order Lead Time in Sme's
8 The Market for NPD Services: the Emerging Business Models in Italy
9 Process Capability and Six Sigma Methodology Including Fuzzy and Lean Approaches
10 Adaptive Involvement of Customers as Co-Creators in Mass Customization
11 The Market for Nanotechnology Applications and Its Managerial Implications: An Empirical Investigation in the Italian Landscape
12 Environmental Approaches towards Industrial Company Management in the Czech Republic
13 Drilling Fluid Technology: Performances and Environmental Considerations
14 The Advanced Technologies Development Trends for the Raw Material Extraction and Treatment Area
15 Augmented Reality System for Generating Operation Program of Automobile Assembly System
16 Autonomous Evolutionary Algorithm
17 Development and Evaluation of the Spoken Dialogue System Based on the W3C Recommendations
18 Adapting Prosody in a Text-to-Speech System
19 Implementing Innovative IT Solutions with Semantic Web Technologies
20 Magic Mathematics Based on New Matrix Transformations (2D and 3D) for Interdisciplinary Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Energy Management
21 Magic Unit Checks for Physics and Extended Field Theory based on interdisciplinary Electrodynamics with Applications in Mechatronics and Automation